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Asks Gov Dewey to call special Legis session to amend soldier vote law; plea rejected
GB and US demand shipments curb; Stockholm paper notes Allied protest omitted question of iron ore deliveries to Ger
Legis extraordinary session called to keep Dem primaries 'pure white,'
Capt R I Bong downs 27th plane, to become 'Amer Ace of Aces'; illus
Brit troops drive Japanese from hill position northwest of Imphal; stiff fighting reptd in Naga Hills north of Kohima; Brit use 'squeezing' tactics in attempt to cut Jap block on Kohima-Dimapur road; Tokyo radio repts Japanese gaining on Imphal; Allied forces maintain contact with Japanese pushing northward on Imphal-Tiddim road; Chinese-US forces take Nhkum; rout foe from positions south of Pumsin; Allied fliers aid ground actions in northern area; raid Jap installations, Arakan, Kaladan, Chin Hills and Chindwin Valley areas; attack Moulmein and Prome; Burmese dissatisfaction with Jap rule reptd
1944John Sergeant, English journalist[†]
John James Sergeant is an English television and radio journalist and broadcaster. He was the BBC's chief political correspondent from 1992 to 2000 and the political editor of ITN from 2000 until 2002.
1944Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued at 20 million pounds.[†]
The Bombay explosion occurred on 14 April 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay, British India when the British freighter SS Fort Stikine caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and setting fire to the area, killing around 800 to 1,300 people. Some 80,000 people were made homeless and 71 firemen lost their lives in the aftermath. The ship was carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, timber, oil, gold, and ammunition including around 1,400 tons of explosives with an additional 240 tons of torpedoes and weapons.